QuacksO's definitions

compulsive torx-bit saver

A do-it-yourselfer who never discards the little screwdriver-tips that come in boxes of torx deck-screws, even though there's always a fresh bit included in every box of screws.

My buddies jokingly call me a compulsive torx-bit saver because I don't throw out still-usable screwdriver-tips from boxes of screws, but I figger that, hey --- I already paid for the tips when I bought the screws, so why not save them in case I need one to use with other screws in the future?

by QuacksO October 1, 2018

ransomwear

Clothing dat an extortionist either:
(A) confiscates from you so dat you would hafta embarrass yourself by walking around naked if you didn't pay up, or
(B) makes you wear during da time you're being held hostage; said duds are so hideous-looking and/or uncomfortable dat da extortionist figgers you would feel compelled to pay da demanded amount, rather than suffer da acute discomfort to your dignity and/or person of wearing said garments.

One way to possibly avoid falling victim to a ransomwear situation would be to learn how to sew and weave; this way, any available sheet-material that's fairly flexible (such as bedding, trash bags, paper, etc.), or strips of said material or even grass could be used to construct temporary clothing till the extortionist gives up on waiting for you to pay up, after which you can then obtain replacement duds.

by QuacksO June 8, 2021

acciscratch

A scraped-finish line dat was unintentionally made on someone's vehicle or other valuable painted object.

My buddy returned my pickup with a number of impact-created blemishes, but I knew dat they were all merely acciDENTS and acciscratches dat he could not likely have avoided with da type of work dat he'd had to do with the truck, and so I didn't blubber at him about it.

by QuacksO February 23, 2023

defisit

Da degree of da lack of seats in a given locale.

After Rodney Merchfield had sold all of da office doors at da Merchfield Lead Company, he started rounding up all of da chairs and couches, as well, creating a huge defisit for anyone seeking relief for his weary legs and feet.

by QuacksO December 23, 2023

firing order

Da unique progressive sequence in which da head of a service-garage sacks each of his dumb-a** mechanics due to their screwing up da placement of da ignition-wires on car-engines dat they're workings on.

Tronald Dump was notoriously heavy-handed and irrationally flippant about terminating da employment of his hapless apprentices, so it's a good thing he didn't run a garage where they repaired ignition-systems, or his firing order would likely have been even more despicable; besides, I seriously doubt dat his "rich 'n' pampered Daddy's-boy" fingers have ever even experienced handling a wrench or screwdriver to actually do any auto-repairs of his own, and so he would have no room to talk, anyway. Why, he probably couldn't even understand or follow da written/drawn instructions in a Haynes repair manual, and so how could he possibly be justified in criticizing anyone else if said naive laborer goofs up once in a while???

by QuacksO April 10, 2020

seekret

Non-publicly-known data dat is actively sought after.

James Bond was often in high-speed competition to uncover highly-sensitive seekrets that one or more other spies were trying to find out, as well.

by QuacksO December 25, 2019

tsuenami

A sudden and widespread "firestorm" of cash-seeking litigation following a major disturbance in the political/social/economic "weather".

Once it is shown that a certain medication or other publicly-distributed product is unsafe or not properly tested, it generally sparks a veritable tsuenami of court-cases.

by QuacksO March 8, 2019